Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 29 July. [Ukrainian sources]

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Lavrov told Tillerson that "US policy was in the hands of Russophobic forces".  More than 700 American employees will leave Russia.  Russia and China are responsible for the DPRK's missile tests.  In Russia, they pointed to the helplessness of the Kremlin before the US sanctions. The Congress will inquire into the intelligence report on Russia's influence on the US elections.  The main propagandist of Putin killed Russian agents in the United States.  Russian bear in the Ukrainian trap: Russia pointed to the importance of new US sanctions for the Kremlin.  The intelligence spoke about the passport "warfare" from the DPR-LNR militants.  The European Commission has launched sanctions against Poland through judicial reform. Filaret about Putin's propaganda: "They assign someone else's history and want to appropriate the land". Rescuers near Odessa found a flooded German ship with ammunition during the Second World War. The Ukrainian Navy together with the ships of Great Britain, Turkey and Romania conducted a training. It became known how the "DPR" strikers killed Ukrainian student Chubenko.

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On July 28, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, spoke with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Tsensor.NET informs about it , referring to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Lavrov said that the decision to reduce the number of US diplomatic representatives and the closure of access to two objects of the US embassy is due to "a series of hostile steps Washington."

"Recent events have shown that US policy was in the hands of Russophobic forces pushing Washington to a path of confrontation," Lavrov Tillerson said, expressing the hope that "the American side will finally think about the disastrous consequences of its line."

The parties agreed to continue contacts on all issues of Russian-American relations.

Recall that on July 28, the Senate followed the US House of Representatives by an overwhelming majority (98 - "for", 2 - "against") approved a law that envisages increased sanctions against the Russian Federation.

In response, Russia demanded from the US by September 1 to reduce the number of its diplomats in the country to 445 and closes access to 2 objects of the US Embassy.

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The countermeasures announced by Russia on American foreign missions on Friday will force the US to reduce the number of their employees by more than 700 people.

As the Censor reports. NO, the newspaper Kommersant reports with reference to diplomatic sources in Moscow.

"The US State Department will have to reduce the number of employees of its embassy in Moscow and consulates in Russia by more than 700 people," the newspaper writes.

According to the newspaper, when deciding on measures against the United States in Moscow, they proceeded from the premise that "the American side was warned in advance of all prepared measures, this concerns both the restrictions imposed on real estate and the equation of the number of diplomatic employees."

On Friday, July 28, the US Senate approved new sanctions against Russia. On Tuesday, they were approved by the House of Representatives of the US Congress.

In connection with the adoption in the US Congress of a draft law on sanctions against Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced retaliatory measures against Washington.

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The United States "strongly condemns" the second during the month of the DPRK's trial of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which is "a flagrant violation of the numerous resolutions of the UN Security Council reflecting the will of the world community."

This is stated in an official statement , published on Friday, July 28, on the website of the State Department, reports Tsensor. NET.

The US State Department called for "all countries to take a tough stance against North Korea by supporting and strengthening United Nations sanctions" so that the regime in Pyongyang felt "the consequences of its continued commitment to the creation of nuclear weapons and their means of delivery."

The statement emphasizes that "Russia and China are particularly responsible for the growing threat to regional and global stability," as the economic cooperation between the two countries with the North Korean regime allows the latter to develop nuclear and missile programs.

The United States seeks to peacefully create a nuclear-free zone on the Korean peninsula and end the hostile actions of the DPRK.

"As already emphasized earlier, we will not allow the DPRK to become a nuclear power and do not abandon its obligations to partners and allies in the region," the State Department said.

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Russia has no chance to respond to new US sanctions.

A journalist and publicist Leonid Radzihovsky wrote about this in his column on "Apostrophe".

" American senators and billionaires do not open accounts with Russia, do not buy apartments and houses in Russia, do not go to get medical treatment, study, marry, so it's a one-way movement, because the Russian elite is striving for the West and America. The American elite, because she does not want to go here. They do business here, but business will not pick them up, as, in fact, they will not be taken away from business in Russia , "said Radzihovsky.

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The report should be presented within 60 days after the entry into force of the law

The House of Representatives of the United States Congress will inquire into an intelligence report on the impact of the Russian Federation on the presidential election in 2016. This is stated in the bill on the allocation of intelligence funds for 2018, published on the Congress website.

It is noted that intelligence agencies will also be asked to report on measures taken by the foreign counterintelligence and the threats of the cybersecurity of the Federal election campaigns. Also, ask for an assessment of the financing of threats associated with the United States. So, it is noted that, no later than 60 days after the entry into force of the bill, director of the American intelligence, Daniel Coats, should present a report on the impact of the Russian Federation on the American elections.

As reported, director of the CIA Mike Pompeo said that Russia intervened in the US election not only during the election campaign of Donald Trump, but also under the rule of Barack Obama.

Recall that in January, US intelligence services have declassified and issued a joint report on Russia's interference in the US election campaign. US intelligence officials have agreed that the Russian top leadership, including President Putin, personally has been involved in a campaign to unlawfully influence the presidential election in the United States to harm the chances of Hillary Clinton being elected president.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that  Russia's intervention in the US presidential election  is well documented.

The US Department of Justice also  appointed a former FBI director Robert Muller as a  special advisor to investigate Russia's possible interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Source: RBC-Ukraine

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Former Russian Minister for Press Mikhail Lesin did not die from an accident in Washington DC in the fall of 2015, but was previously assassinated by Russian special services

About this BuzzFeed News told on anonymity terms two FBI agents.

"Lesin was put to death," - the words of one of the agents of the FBI.

As the source noted, the Bureau does not have any person who believes that Lesin got drunk, fell and died.

"Everyone is convinced that he was killed and Putin or the Kremlin stood there," said a law enforcement official.

According to sources from the FBI, Lesina invited the US Department of Justice for an interview and paid him a hotel room. Representatives of the Ministry of Justice wanted to know a Russian official about the internal work of the Russia Today television channel, which he founded on the Kremlin's funds.

Recall that on November 5, 2015, in the room of the Dupont Circle hotel in the center of Washington, a body of Mikhail Lesina was found with head injuries, neck and body, with a blunt object. Last October, the federal prosecutor announced that Lesin died alone in his room as a result of several falls in the state of intoxication after many days of excessive consumption of alcohol. The death of a Russian official was recognized as an accident.
American media reported that Lesin was preparing his own move to the United States.

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Strengthening anti-Russian sanctions in the United States will have a significant impact on the life of the Russian elite.

Such an opinion in his column on "Apostrophe" was expressed by Russian political scientist Andriy Piontkovsky.

"Here they are talking about some kind of symmetry: what may be symmetry? All Russian leaders, starting with Putin, hold their billionth assets in the West. But Americans do not hold either in Oshchadbank or anywhere else their wealth," notes Piontkovsky

In this regard, the political scientist notes that the law passed in the United States will affect not only the assets of the Kremlin elite, but also their lifestyle - the education of children, medical care, the lives of wives and lovers.

"Yes, this Russian bear has got into the Ukrainian trap - and it can not move, and can not go back, anyway with the Führer," - writes Piontkovsky, adding that most of the elite are trying to get out of the conflict, as they were under The threat of freezing and confiscation of assets, as well as the disclosure of their assets.

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The Russian mercenaries, who refused to hand over their passports to Russian citizens, began to steal documents.

This is stated in the message of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on July 29.

"In the units and units 1 (Donetsk) and 2 (Lugansk), the AK of the RF Armed Forces are taking measures to steal documents from the personnel that may indicate their Russian citizenship," the spy reports said.

It is also noted that the cases of theft of passports from those who under some pretext refused to give it voluntarily became more frequent. Thus, the command of militants restricts freedom of movement and makes it impossible to return Russians to their homeland.

Instead of returning documents to Russian mercenaries, they are required to issue passports for the so-called "DNR" and "LNR".

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The European Commission has launched a procedure for imposing sanctions against Poland through a bill reforming the country's judicial system.

This is stated in a statement on the website of the European Commission.

It is noted that the European Commission sent a letter to the Warsaw Post alleging a violation of the procedure. Poland has a month to give its answer.

"The European Commission initiated the procedure against Poland by sending an official letter after the publication of a judicial reform document in the official legislative journal," the statement reads.

It is noted that the concern of the European Commission is mainly due to sex discrimination on the grounds of the introduction of another retirement age for women judges, as well as the fact that the Minister of Justice has the right to extend the mandate of judges who have reached the retirement age.

Earlier, the European Commission said that if Poland continues judicial reform - the country will be deprived of the right to vote in the European Union.

Recall that on July 22, the Senate of Poland supported the law on the Supreme Court despite criticism of the EU and protests.

This bill envisages the release of all current judges of the Supreme Court and the appointment by the Minister of Justice of the executors of duties in their place.

Subsequently, the National Judicial Council should approve a new composition of the Supreme Court, which will be proposed by the Ministry of Justice. Also, the head of the ministry will have the right to appoint the heads of the appellate and district courts independently, without consulting the representatives of the justice system.

The judicial reform sought by the ruling "Right and Justice" nationalist party in Poland has caused sharp criticism on the part of the EU.

In Brussels, it is believed that it will put an end to the independence of the judiciary.

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Only the unity of the Ukrainian people will allow Ukraine to oppose Russia's predatory policy and pass the hard tests that fell to the state.

As reported by Tsenzor.NET, with reference to Ukrinform , the Patriarch of Kiev and all Rus-Ukraine, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate (UOC-KP) Filaret, stated this in his address to the believers after the prayer service at the monument to St. Prince Vladimir on Vladimir's Hill.

"At a time when Ukraine is passing through the hard trials that have fallen to its lot, only the unity of the people will allow them to pass adequately. Ukraine is a peace-loving power, and we did not attack Russia, but vice versa." And the Christian faith is not to seize someone else's, But in living in peace and unity.Therefore, we must unite as one people as ever, "Filaret said.

PHOTO reportage He reminded that Russia has recently been increasingly trying to appropriate Ukrainian history, and an example of this is the establishment of a monument to Vladimir the Great in Moscow and the statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin that the French queen and daughter of Prince Yaroslav the Wise Anna Yaroslavna is "Russian Anna".

"The monument to Vladimir the Great was put to show that he had them, but the temple was not there, and Anna Yaroslavna had been appropriated, they appropriated someone else's history and they wanted to misappropriate the land, and they neglected our language, so we should unite as ever into one people, a people worthy of Have their own independent state, freedom, democracy and truth, "Filaret stressed. See also: Putin kills, - During the procession of the UOC-MP, activist FEMEN climbed onto the monument to Vladimir.

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Ammunition was discovered on a German ship, which on July 27 found divers in the Black Sea near the resort of Lebedivka, the Tatarbunar district of the Odesa region. It's about a few artillery shells and a thousand cartridges.

As Tsensor.NET reports , this was reported to the correspondent of Radio Liberty in the press service of the State Emergency Management Service in the Odessa region.

On Friday, during the whole day, several divers and pyrotechnics from the regional department of the DNS carried out a survey of the sunken German ship during the Second World War. The ship over 50 meters in length is 150-200 meters from the coast at a depth of about 10 meters.

In the near future, to decide on how to dispose of the arsenal, said in the SNSS. Guarded places of discovery are provided, rescuers added.

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In the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Navy together with the ships of Great Britain, Turkey and Romania conducted a training of the PASSEX type.

This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the press center of the Ukrainian Navy command.

The destroyer Duncan (British Navy), the Ildyrym frigates (the Turkish Navy's Navy), Getman Sagaidachny (the Ukrainian Air Force) and Ferdinand Ferdinand (Romanian Navy) take part in the exercise.




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Three accused in preparation of the assassination of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, received 6.5 years of imprisonment, Rosbalt sources said.

In Gudermes (Chechnya), on July 28, they handed a verdict in a case about an attempt to head Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, reports Rosbalt with reference to their sources.

The case was considered in a special mode, since its speculators - Aziz Alviyev, Beslan Zakaraev and Shamkhan Magomadov - in April, fully recognized their guilt.

All three received 6.5 years imprisonment.

The publication indicates that the process was delayed, since the defendants, confessing their guilt, were constantly confused with testimony.

"They did not" remember ", where they hid weapons, called different dates of meetings, could not outline the plan of an attack, sometimes completely contradicted each other", - said the source of "Rosbalt".

Materials related to the military officer Isi Yamadayev, whom the investigators identified as the commission of the assassination, were identified in a separate proceeding and transferred to a military investigation.

In October 2016, Novaya Gazeta reported that an attempt was made in Kadyrov in the village of Benoy , where the headquarters of Chechnya were stationed. Alvi Karimov, Kadyrov's spokeswoman, denied this information.

In November, Kadyrov himself stated that he was "the most humane man in the world" and that his "blood enemies" had been destroyed.

In January 2017, Novaya wrote that the Chechen Investigative Committee filed a criminal case under the article "encroachment on the life of a state or public figure", which concerns the attempt to kill Kadyrov . As a result of a thorough examination of the residence in Benoit, "found a buried explosive device of high power," was the publication

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"They beat his teeth, then five shots to the head... Did not cry and did not beg for mercy before death," details of the terrorist killing of the 16-year-old Ukrainian student Chubenko

The media have published excerpts from interrogations of witnesses and accomplices of the murder of militants "DNR" in 2014, the 17-year-old Stepan Chubenko from Kramatorsk.

This is reported by "Novaya Gazeta".

Thus, one of the witnesses of the murder told the investigator that the boy was shot five times.

"They pushed from their feet while sitting, tied up under the commandant's office, knocked out their teeth, carried them to the banks of the river, arms twisted behind their back with a tape, a T-shirt - on their heads, they took off the crossover from him before shooting, looters," Kerch "shot to the head. Shots five", said one of the witnesses.

Also, journalists published excerpts from the interrogation protocol of the militant Moskalov nicknamed "Zhora", who directly participated in the shooting. It says that former commander of the "Dnieper" Battalion Battalion "Kerch" Vadim Pogodin suspected Chubenko in participation in the "Right sector". He killed the fighters Sukhomlinov and Moskalov to kill the student.

"Sukhomlinov, being on the edge of the trench, made a shot at the minor area of ​​the minor Chubenko, who was on his knees in the trench with the back of his hands. Given that after the shot Chubenko gave signs of life, Pogodin took Sukhomlinov a gun and made no less Four shots in the occipital area of ​​Chubenko's head, "the document said.

It is also reported that after that Pogodin ordered Moskalov to bury the dead Chubenko.

Recall that schoolchild Stepan Chubenko  was killed in the summer of 2014 after being subjected to torture by militants for his pro-Ukrainian stance. At the time of his death, he was 16 years old. In addition, he was the goalkeeper of the youth football team "Avangard" from Kramatorsk.

The song about the 17-year-old goalkeeper "Avangard" Stepan Chubenko , who was killed near Donetsk in 2014, appeared in social networks.

The General Prosecutor's Office  asks Russia to hand  over Vadim Pogodin, the former leader of the DPR, to Ukraine , who brutally killed Donetsk schoolboy Stepan Chubenko in 2014.



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Adopted by the US Congress, new sanctions against Russia reflect the desire of the American people to see steps to improve relations with Russia.

According to Censor.NET, with reference to LIGA.net , this was stated by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

"The almost unanimous vote for legislation on sanctions in Congress reflects the strong desire of the American people to see that Russia is taking steps to improve relations with the United States, and we hope that our two countries will cooperate on major global issues and that these sanctions will no longer be needed, - he said.

Tillerson added that the United States will work closely with its allies to clearly understand the messages of the West in Russia, the DPRK and Iran.

Recall, On July 25, the House of Representatives of the US Congress voted for a bill providing for additional sanctions against Russia, Iran and the DPRK. The Senate, following the House of Representatives, approved this law. For the document to come into force, it must be signed by US President Donald Trump.

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The United States requires the extradition of the Russian hacker Petr Levashov, who is currently under arrest in Spain.

This is written by "Voice of America".

"The pseudonym Peter Severa spent almost two decades on advanced Russian cybercrime. Now, 36-year-old Petr Levashov, who is alleged to be the pioneer of spam, is in custody in Spain, waiting for extradition to the United States, "the newspaper writes.

Spanish lawyer Levashova Margarita Repin recently told the news agency Associated Press that the extradition of her client to the United States is completely uncertain.

Levashov's wife, Maria, argues that Levashov is more a businessman than a programmer.

"I believe it will be discovered that this is all a mistake," she said.

Levashov is a hacker who has been spamming since 1999, more about it can be found here .

Previously, it was reported that in Greece, the detention of a Russian suspect in fraud with Bitcoin was arrested.

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The result of the occupation of Crimea by Russia and the military aggression against Ukraine in the Donbass region will be the complete degradation of all spheres of life of the Russian Federation.

This opinion was expressed by well-known Russian journalist and political scientist Oleksandr Morozov on his Facebook page.

According to him, in the Crimea, Russia will pay not only the economic downturn and the cost of maintaining the occupied territories, but also the continuous degradation of all spheres of its society.

"Crimea is not just inside the territorial borders, but now it is a factor in" warming up "the whole Russian life." Crimea "is a continuous" primitivation of everything ":" It's like "dodabasirovanie" of everything: cultural policy, foreign policy department, all personnel policy. First we turn to the level of Maria Zakharova in the Foreign Ministry, then to the lower level in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then - more and the same - in the office of Medinsky, as well as in Vasiliev's office, that is, the payment is such a transformation of society, which eventually will no longer be subject to No "ro "... And society in general will not be" - he wrote.'



With the opinion Morozov also agreed to another well-known journalist from Russia, Sergei Medvedev.

"Crimea is not a sandwich, but a toxic asset, a piece of polonium that we put in our pocket and slowly and continuously poisoning the whole body, and we still have not even started to realize all the consequences," he expressed in Facebook.

He stressed that for the society and economy of the Crimea is a creeping degradation, for the political system and a sentence with a delayed execution.

"This is not Russia took the Crimea, and the Crimea will absorb Russia", - summed up the journalist.



Earlier, Alexander Morozov spoke about the excellent features of Russians, which prevented them from becoming a European nation.'

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In the Donetsk region, a hemp plantation was discovered. The plants are destroyed.

According to the Censor.NET, with the reference to the police , law enforcement officers discovered wild-growing hemp in a pasture near the village of Novofedorivka (Dobropolsky district). In the presence of witnesses, 2,993 bush were seized, which were burned in place.

Now the police are installing the owner of the land.







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